Wisconsin (28-9) took control early and held off the Longhorns 25-19, 25-18, 26-28, 25-23.

Texas (27-3), trying to become the sixth school to win consecutive national titles, had won 23 straight matches since losing to Arizona State in early September.

Wisconsin will play No. 2 Penn State or No. 3 Washington in the championship match Saturday night.

The Badgers are the lowest seeded team to reach the championship. The previous lowest was Stanford at No. 11 in 2004. Wisconsin is the fifth team seeded 12th or lower to reach the national semifinals, but the first to earn a spot in the title match.

Wisconsin also played for the title in 2000, losing to Nebraska.

Wisconsin setter Lauren Carlini had 50 assists and 12 digs, Dominique Thompson added 12 kills and the Badgers had seven aces to help overcome the size of Texas' frontline.

"I don't have any words right now. I couldn't be prouder of our team," Carlini said. "We wanted to show we're here to stay and we're not going down easy."

Haley Eckerman, the Big 12 Conference player of the year, led Texas with 17 kills, but also had nine hitting errors. The Longhorns hit .156 and no other player had double-digit kills. The Longhorns had won their previous 10 NCAA tournament matches.

Having dropped the first two games for just the second time all season, Texas finally fought back in the third set.

Texas took an early lead in the third set, its first lead since the opening moments of the match. Wisconsin had five hitting errors in the early stages of the third set, but still rallied to take a 9-8 lead after consecutive kills by Chapman. Texas came back with seven of the next 10 points to go ahead 15-12. Texas pushed ahead 23-22 on Bailey Webster's kill and a net violation on Wisconsin gave the Longhorns set point.

After a timeout Thompson scored on kill down the middle, then spiked Texas' passing error on a serve to pull the Badgers' even at 24-24. After an Eckerman hitting error, the Badgers had match point, but Webster came through with another crucial kill. Texas went ahead 27-26 on Eckerman's kill and on its third set point got a hitting error from Wisconsin to force a fourth game.

Wisconsin rallied in the fourth set, pulling even at 14-14 when Carlini saved a ball that was nearly in the courtside seats and Thompson finished off the point. Texas pushed ahead 18-16 after a kill by Chiaka Ogbogu and block by Bell causing Wisconsin to call a timeout. Eckerman's kill pushed the Longhorns' lead to three. Back came the Badgers, again pulling even at 21 on Courtney Thomas' block.

After splitting points, Thomas' block -- after a one-handed dig by Carlini -- gave Wisconsin a 23-22 lead. Molly McCage answered for Texas, but a kill by Morales gave Wisconsin its second match point. This time the Badgers finished it off on Morales' kill, setting off a wild celebration on the court.

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